Learn from our distinguished panelists how to write compelling dialogue that draws readers in & keeps their attention. Added bonus feature: listen to them argue the pros & cons of dialogue tags!
Writing requires more than putting words on paper; you also have to edit & revise your work to make it as good as possible. Learn the best ways to edit your writing from some masters of the craft.
All authors want to write passages that tug at the heartstrings, evoke the sadness a character feels, or inspire the reader with wonder. Learn how to make your writing appeal to the reader's emotions.
Learn to write defining moments that change everything for your character, & discover how to seed the story with hooks that make the moment feel inevitable when it arrives.
Explicit sex scenes are perhaps the easiest type of scene to write badly. Learn from the pros how to turn up the sexual heat without making your readers laugh mockingly.
Writer's Craft: Hickman's Guide to the Care & Feeding of Your Audience
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It's no longer about being published—it's all about being READ! NYT Best-selling author gives fun & functional advice on acquiring, growing & maintaining your audience.
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It's no longer about being published ... it's all about being READ! International and NYT Best-selling fantasy author (Dragonlance) gives fun and functional advice on acquiring, growing and maintaining your audience as the key to a career in writing.
There's nothing wrong with high fantasy clichés, but we'll teach you ways to explore high fantasy storytelling in new ways without coming across like you're looking down on the genre.
Writer's Craft: How to Create a More Realistic Fictitious World
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Join award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake as he lets you in on some of the secrets he uses to create vibrant and realistic worlds.
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Have you ever wondered how sci-fi and fantasy authors create such vibrant, detailed worlds that suck their readers in and wrap them in a blanket so real, you question why our own world is not more like theirs? Join award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake as he lets you in on some of the secrets he uses to create worlds during his seminar “How to Create a More Realistic Fictitious World.”
Writer's Craft: Interactive Fiction (aka Choose Your Own Adventure)
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Writing "choose your own adventure" stories isn't like any other type of writing. Learn from those who've done it what traps to avoid and how to make your CYOA narrative entertaining.
Knowing when & how to kill an important character isn't always easy. Let some of genre fiction's most ruthless authors teach you how to get the maximum narrative impact from a character's death.